TWO EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD SARCOPHAGUS PANEL FRAGMENTS
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
TWO EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD SARCOPHAGUS PANEL FRAGMENTS PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C. One depicting the crouching falcon-headed "Soul of Buto" before an offering stand with lotus flower, behind him a maat -feather on stand; one depicting the crouching jackal-headed dramatic "Soul of Nekhen" before an offering stand with lotus flower, a maat -feather on stand behind him, in the upper left corner a column of hieroglyphs reading: 'the blessed Osirid Nebu'; together with an Egyptian-style cartonnage fragment with the Weighing of the heart scene, probably inspired by the Book of the Dead from Hunefer 13½ x 9¾ in. (34.2 x 25.0 cm.); 15. 1/4 x 10½ in. (39 x 26.8 cm.) (3)
TWO EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD SARCOPHAGUS PANEL FRAGMENTS
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
TWO EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD SARCOPHAGUS PANEL FRAGMENTS PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C. One depicting the crouching falcon-headed "Soul of Buto" before an offering stand with lotus flower, behind him a maat -feather on stand; one depicting the crouching jackal-headed dramatic "Soul of Nekhen" before an offering stand with lotus flower, a maat -feather on stand behind him, in the upper left corner a column of hieroglyphs reading: 'the blessed Osirid Nebu'; together with an Egyptian-style cartonnage fragment with the Weighing of the heart scene, probably inspired by the Book of the Dead from Hunefer 13½ x 9¾ in. (34.2 x 25.0 cm.); 15. 1/4 x 10½ in. (39 x 26.8 cm.) (3)
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